Dismal for Klitschko-Chagaev on ESPN Classics

[JoHnNyBoXeR]

the only reason i remembered the fight was on was logging onto this website and i didnt know what channel until i asked on this wensite.. if they had it on regular espn with some advertising it probably woulda had alot better ratings

[FreshPrince]

Hahaha! "Fight Night Club" on Versus get that many viewers!

[mrpain81]

It doesnt matter if their were ads, it was on espn classics or regular espn, nobody gives a **** about heavyweight boxing anymore. ufc is on spyke tv everyday, people rather see that. boxing needs to get rid of the heavyweight division because thats whats killing boxing.

Boxing gets good ratings on ESPN2 and that goes for the heavyweights too, people just didn't know this fight was even happening. I don't really know how many people have ESPN classic but the Wlad fights usually do about 1.1 million to 2 million on HBO.

[mrpain81]

Hahaha! "Fight Night Club" on Versus get that many viewers!

Yeah that's what I thought when I saw that numbers.

[Spray_resistant]

Even if Wlad was fighting Haye and they aired that too on ESPN Classic it would have done about the same in the ratings.....casual fans just don't care that much about non-American fighters.

[Patheticfraud?]

Germany sure does know an exciting fight when they see one.
too bad 98% of boxing scribes think otherwise.


Ratings Dismal Beyond Dismal for Klitschko-Chagaev on ESPN Classics by John Chavez


Jun 25, 2009 - "Wow!" is all I have to say regarding the ratings for Wladimir Klitschko's recent heavyweight title fight against Ruslan Chagaev.

How far the big men have fallen in terms of popularity within the United States of America. There once was a time when the big boys were kings amongst the rest and drew the highest ratings in all of boxing. Apparently, just like everything else in this world, these are changing and the United States consumer demands more... more than what the current crop of heavyweight pretenders have to offer.

While Klitschko-Chagaev seemingly did an enormous number in terms of television ratings in Germany (rumors of 11 million viewers), the number here in the states is as follows according to Nielsen Media:

ESPN Classics - Wladimir Klistchko vs. Ruslah Chagaev - 2pm PST - 151,000 Total Average Viewers

All I know is that I sure hope ESPN didn't shell out any significant fee to broadcast this embarrassing display of heavyweight boxing.

With programming that only draws 151,000 viewers, it's no wonder that boxing is no longer broadcasted over the major television networks. Being that Wladimir Klistchko might be one of the most boring champions of recent times, it's probably a good thing for boxing that the masses aren't exposed to his style of fighting.

You figure out what that number means...


truth@theboxingtruth.com

It means nothing. most people don't even have ESPN Classic let alone knew it was on at 6:30.

[KittenFlaps]

I cant speak for everyone, but I don't even get ESPN classic. I live in Pittsburgh too, not like, Podunk, Nowheresville.

I think that might be one part of the problem.

[mathed]

Germany sure does know an exciting fight when they see one.
too bad 98% of boxing scribes think otherwise.


Ratings Dismal Beyond Dismal for Klitschko-Chagaev on ESPN Classics by John Chavez


Jun 25, 2009 - "Wow!" is all I have to say regarding the ratings for Wladimir Klitschko's recent heavyweight title fight against Ruslan Chagaev.

How far the big men have fallen in terms of popularity within the United States of America. There once was a time when the big boys were kings amongst the rest and drew the highest ratings in all of boxing. Apparently, just like everything else in this world, these are changing and the United States consumer demands more... more than what the current crop of heavyweight pretenders have to offer.

While Klitschko-Chagaev seemingly did an enormous number in terms of television ratings in Germany (rumors of 11 million viewers), the number here in the states is as follows according to Nielsen Media:

ESPN Classics - Wladimir Klistchko vs. Ruslah Chagaev - 2pm PST - 151,000 Total Average Viewers

All I know is that I sure hope ESPN didn't shell out any significant fee to broadcast this embarrassing display of heavyweight boxing.

With programming that only draws 151,000 viewers, it's no wonder that boxing is no longer broadcasted over the major television networks. Being that Wladimir Klistchko might be one of the most boring champions of recent times, it's probably a good thing for boxing that the masses aren't exposed to his style of fighting.

You figure out what that number means...


truth@theboxingtruth.com

I wanted to watch it but I just got dishnetwork and you only get espn, espn2, and some alternates that I have never watched with the classic bronze 100 (basic package) I assumed that you also got espn classic too but I was wrong. At least I can still catch FNF when ****** College Baseball is not on, jk.

[STEELHEAD]

I wanted to watch it but I just got dishnetwork and you only get espn, espn2, and some alternates that I have never watched with the classic bronze 100 (basic package) I assumed that you also got espn classic too but I was wrong. At least I can still catch FNF when ****** College Baseball is not on, jk.

no i watched it free on tv like quality stream on espn360.
i don't have tv. anyone that visited espnboxings seen the add

[mathed]

no i watched it free on tv like quality stream on espn360.
i don't have tv. anyone that visited espnboxings seen the add

LOL, funny you mention that cause actually I did watch it on espn360 but I don't really know if they count those in the viewing ratings. I watch all the espn fights that I miss or the ones I can't see on there the stream is perfect everytime. I told some others to sign up, it's free and works far better than any crappy justintv (no offense intended) stream- especially for those who don't have espn2 for FNF.